Rose Byrne Quotes

All forms of contact are good: letters, parcels, e-mails - I've been trying to get a Webcam for my computer, but I'm such a Luddite.

I have to rein myself in sometimes.

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

I'm the youngest of four, and I'm always the clown - making the jokes, wanting attention.

I see some of the clothes from the '90s is back in fashion. That really freaks me out because that's when I grew up.

Comedy has to have momentum in order for it to keep moving along.

I think diversity for most actors is such a blessing. It's something definitely I've strived for.

I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.

As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident.

I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

The British are so funny.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.

You see someone on the street wearing an outfit and then it's on the cover of a magazine. I love. But, you know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

Anything can happen. Anything happens all the time.

I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there.